In an update to reporters on Friday, Health Canada says more than one million bottles of a foreign supply of children’s medication will arrive in the country by next week.
More than one million bottles of children’s pain reliever medication will arrive in Canada as of next week, the federal government said in an update on drug shortages that have plagued the country.
The supply will be given to hospitals, community pharmacies and retailers and begin appearing on store shelves by early next week, said Sharma. . There are hundreds of medications that are either running low or are now entirely out of stock, and the problem extends beyond children’s medication. “Commonly used antibiotics for chest-infections, ear-infections….that’s been a real challenge for parents [to find] as they navigate the respiratory virus season with very few options,” she said.
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